No doubt exists concerning the economic impact of mycotoxins. The studies evidenced that economic losses occur at all levels of food and feed production, including crop and animal production, processing, and distribution. Even during favorable climatic periods, millions of dollars are lost as a consequence of crop contamination .For all these reasons, prevention, decontamination, and detoxification of mycotoxins have been considered issues of great importance. Studies have never stopped to evaluate the efficacy of the available detoxification methods and to develop recent innovations in this...

The rst goal of the livestock production is the delivery of safe foods for human consumption taking into account the welfare of the animal and respect for the environment. The poultry industry has become an important economic activity in many countries. In large-scale rearing facilities, where poultry are exposed to stressful conditions, problems related to diseases and deterioration of environmental conditions often occur and result in serious economic losses. Prevention and control of diseases have led during recent decades to a substantial increase in the use of veterinary medicines....